Violin chin-rest



(No Model.)

B DAVIS VIOLIN CHIN REST.

Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ED'WARD DAVIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HORACE J. IIOOTON AND ADOLPH J. OETTINGER, OF SAME PLACE, AND FLAVELLA l). llOlVE, OF lVATERTOl/VN, MASSACHUSETTS.

VIOLIN CHIN-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,386, dated November 26, 1895.

Application filed August 8, 1895. Serial No. 558,608. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD DAVIS, of Eos= ton, in the county of Suffolk and State of Mas sachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Violin Chin-Rests, of which the following is afull,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

It is desirable that a violin chin rest grasp only the raised sections or beads around the edge of the violin at the back or portion of the instrument where it is usually applied in order that it may not interfere with or limit the vibration of the wood. It is also desirable that the extension or part of the rest which connects the two clamping or bearing sections be thin, so as not to extend from the side of the back of the violin materially, and that it also be shaped so as not to come into contact with the back, that it may not interfere with or damp the vibrations of the wood of this section of the violin, and that it be stiff, rigid, and inextensible. It is also desirable that the means of attachment of the chin-rest to the violin be automatically adjustable to variations in the thickness of the violin at the back and be supported by a rigid holder in such a way as to bear directly against the bead.

The invention is illustrated as carried into effect in the manner shown in the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view of the rest in perspective. Fig. 2 shows it attached to a violin, and Fig. 3 is a view in section of the rest as applied to the violin.

In the drawings, A is the rest. It is made of hard rubber or any other suitable material and is of the usual shape, and it is secured to the flange 6, extending inwardly from the upper end of the flat plate B. This flange b is relatively wide and quite long, and the rest A is attached to it in any desirable manner. The under surface of this flange is preferably lined with felt or other equivalent material. The lower end of the strip or plate B is bent or turned inward to form a foot or rest I), and there is attached. to the upper surface of this foot or rest a concave yielding clamp C. This clamp C is preferably made of flat thin steel formed to a concave shape and having at the center of its length a hole 0, through which a rivet c, attaching it to the foot or rest 1), ex

tends. The clamp is quite long, and the bearing=sections preferably extend equally upon each side of the rivet, and its outer ends may be clothed with india-rubber, felt, or other material to prevent scratching and wear of the violin-bead. The ends of this clamp assume varying positions in relation to the plate I) and to the foot 1), according to the difference in the are of the clamp-plate that is, the ends of the clamp-plate because of the change in the are afforded by the spring-like character of the plate are yieldingly movable vertically in relation to the foot I).

In use the rest is applied to the violin as shown in Fig. 2, the flange Z) bearing upon the bead d of the violin, the plate or standard B being parallel to the side and close to it and the foot 1) extending under the lower rib d, but not in contact with it, supporting rigidly the convex clamp C underneath the bead in such a way as to cause it to clamp against the bead upon each side of the foot, the clamping ends forming a relatively long bearing and one that bears against the under bead upon each side of the foot, and one that is adjustable to any variation in thickness, and one that conforms itself automatically to variations in thickness in the same violin.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A violin chin rest having the rest A, the plate or stand B, to one end of which. the rest is secured, the foot 1), extending laterally from the plate B and rigid therewith, and the convex clamp C attached to and supported by the foot and interposed between the foot and the under bead of the violin back, as and for the purposes described.

2. In a violin chin rest the rigid foot 1), extending from the plate B and a clamp secured thereto having yielding arms extending laterally and upwardly from each side thereof to form two yielding bearing points or surfaces, as and for the purposes described.

3. A violin chin rest having afoot adapted to project laterally therefrom and a yielding clamp supported by said foot, substantially as described.

EDWARD DAVIS. In presence of Anonrn J. Onrrmenn, JAMEs A. LOWELL. 

